My boyfriend and I haven’t discussed baby names together yet, but we are coming up with our top 20 names each and then going through the lists together. But, I only have 9 names I really like right now.
According to my friends back home, I like “British sounding names”…I’m not exactly sure what that means or if it’s true; but based on my list can you suggest some others for me?
I also like the sound/idea of [name_f]Eloise[/name_f] but I have a bad association with someone named [name_f]Louise[/name_f] so I feel a little weird about [name_f]Eloise[/name_f]. Anything besides [name_f]Elodie[/name_f] that has a similar sound or feel?
Well, everything off your list ranks fairly high (top 500) in the UK. Here are some more within the top 500 in [name_f]England[/name_f] and [name_m]Wales[/name_m]
from your list, I [name_u]LOVE[/name_u] [name_f]Eliza[/name_f], [name_f]Millie[/name_f], [name_f]Lola[/name_f], [name_f]Rosie[/name_f], [name_f]Imogen[/name_f] & [name_f]Hattie[/name_f]!
I think I love you! I seriously love almost every suggestion! I love:
[name_f]Isla[/name_f]
[name_f]Evie[/name_f]
[name_f]Poppy[/name_f]
[name_f]Freya[/name_f]
[name_f]Daisy[/name_f]
[name_f]Ellie[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelie[/name_f]
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f]
[name_f]Lottie[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]India[/name_f]
[name_f]Pippa[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f] (I’m worried about [name_u]CLAIR[/name_u]-uh versus CLAHR-uh though; I’m American and tend to want to say [name_u]CLAIR[/name_u]-uh but we currently live in the UK where it is said CLAHR-uh)
[name_u]Georgie[/name_u]
[name_f]Aoife[/name_f]
[name_f]Emmie[/name_f]/[name_f]Emmy[/name_f]/[name_f]Emme[/name_f]
[name_f]Tallulah[/name_f]
[name_f]Edie[/name_f]
[name_f]Hazel[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Ada[/name_f]
[name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Minnie[/name_f]
[name_f]Saffron[/name_f]
[name_f]Audrey[/name_f]
Not a problem! I know a girl named [name_u]Georgie[/name_u] who I went to school with (I live in [name_f]Canada[/name_f]) and a little [name_f]Emmy[/name_f]. In all honesty, the names you chose as loving are the ones I love too
As for [name_u]CLAIR[/name_u]-ah vs CLAR-ah, I go by the surname. For example (totally using boyband members here):
[name_u]CLAIR[/name_u]-ah works best with the surname Conaboy
CLAR-ah works best with the surname Cahill
[name_u]CLAIR[/name_u]-ah [name_m]Thompson[/name_m]/CLAR-ah [name_m]Thompson[/name_m] work equally as well.
More I’d suggest which aren’t necessarily popular in the UK right now (possibly more obscure that you’re looking for) but still have heavily British usages and are rarely used out of the UK…
[name_f]Romilly[/name_f]
[name_f]Philippa[/name_f]/[name_f]Pippa[/name_f]
[name_f]Kitty[/name_f]
[name_f]Lettice[/name_f] (luh-TEES)
[name_f]Araminta[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Camilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f]
[name_f]Honor[/name_f], [name_f]Honoria[/name_f] and [name_f]Honora[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosaline[/name_f]
[name_f]Dolly[/name_f]
[name_f]Magda[/name_f]
[name_f]Jillian[/name_f] or [name_f]Gillian[/name_f]
[name_f]Hebe[/name_f] (HE-[name_f]BEE[/name_f])
[name_f]Allegra[/name_f]
[name_f]Sybilla[/name_f] or [name_f]Sybella[/name_f]
[name_f]Xanthe[/name_f] ([name_m]ZAN[/name_m]-thee)
[name_f]Amabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Bronwen[/name_f]
[name_u]Theo[/name_u]
[name_f]Viola[/name_f]
[name_f]Jemma[/name_f] or [name_f]Gemma[/name_f]
[name_f]Verity[/name_f]
[name_f]Portia[/name_f]
[name_u]Nicola[/name_u]
[name_f]Jocasta[/name_f]
[name_f]Ianthe[/name_f] (eye-an-thee)
[name_f]Tamsin[/name_f]
[name_f]Bedelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f] and [name_f]Clemency[/name_f] and [name_f]Clementina[/name_f]
[name_u]Felice[/name_u]
[name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
[name_f]Isolde[/name_f] or [name_f]Yseult[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f]
[name_f]Cornelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_f]Jessamine[/name_f], [name_f]Jessa[/name_f] and [name_f]Jessamy[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilibeth[/name_f], [name_f]Lisbet[/name_f], [name_f]Elspeth[/name_f], [name_f]Elsbet[/name_f], [name_f]Libby[/name_f] and [name_f]Lilibet[/name_f] (all unusual [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] diminutives from the UK)
I really love a lot of your suggestions as well! (Maybe I’ll have to ask my boyfriend if we can do more than 20 names ;)) I love:
[name_f]Romilly[/name_f]
[name_f]Pippa[/name_f]
[name_f]Camilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f]
[name_f]Honora[/name_f]
[name_f]Bronwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Viola[/name_f]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f]
[name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
[name_f]Isolde[/name_f] or [name_f]Yseult[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f]
[name_f]Cornelia[/name_f] (I really like [name_f]Nelia[/name_f]/-elia but the “Corn” makes me a little uneasy)
[name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_f]Kitty[/name_f] is actually growing on me a bit as well!